COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONA hearty brew – rich, smooth, dark, robust, smokey and complex. Oh, yeah. It’s all that. A few of these will bring down any Pool Shark to the level of amateur. You can beat ‘em! We’re pullin’ for ya! OG=1.068, FG=1.020, IBUs=40

When somebody types a beer as a Smoke Chocolate Chipotle Porter, you know I have to give it a whirl. They pretty much nailed it as there’s a definite spicy kick to the start of the flavor that mellows out into a smoky malt and finishes with chocolate overtones. The overall flavors were kinda weak though leaving me unfulfilled and although I liked the idea, the flavors just didn’t mesh that well together.

On tap at brewpub. Black with thick creamy head. Lots of roasted malt in the aroma and taste. Nice bitterness. Thick. Well made and most enjoyable I’ve had from Stix.
Also tried this porter at Washington Winter Fest ’07 with Chocolate and Chipotle in the mix. Very tasty.

Draft at the Diamond Knot brewhouse. Black. Thin but solid-looking grayish head with bountiful lace. Not much nose happening, pleasant or unpleasant. Great body, though; just starting to creep out of the medium range (but only just). Roasty and patenty, kinda acrid, even, right from the attack. Creamy and chocolately but definitely not to the detriment of the roastiness. Light cocoa finish. Nice enough.

Draft at Diamond Knot Brewery. Pours a dark brown with a tan head on top. Aroma is of roasted coffee, vanilla, and malts. Flavor is very watered down with vanilla, roasted malt, and coffee sneaking in. Lacking way to much on the palate as well.

On Draught at Washington Brewers Festival. Aroma has some phenols and fruity malt forward. Dark brown, with a tan head, ok retention. Flavor is dried fruit forward, some roast bite, slightly metallic and sour. Body is medium/full, with very low carb texture. Was definitely put off by some strange sourness and bad roast feel.

Tap at fest : I probably wouldn’t have tried this, but at the Festival, they were the only place that had any kind of palate cleanser (pretzels).
It was brown with a loose fast fading head. Light and thin, no noticeable roast, seemed like a bland brown ale

This is a very unusual interpretation of the style. On a blind tasting I would have pegged this as a sweet stout. It has a full, slightly syrupy body and seems way to roasty for a porter, but they list it as a porter, so what are ya gonna do. Lots of vanilla/nut/coffee in the middle leading to an espresso finish. As a porter it’s an OK stout.

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